Martin Koolhoven
Martin Koolhoven | |
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| Born | Martinus Wouter Koolhoven 25 April 1969 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven (born 25 April 1969) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.
Koolhoven expanded his work, with a theater show about film, television programs such as De Kijk van Koolhoven and talent initiatives like Koolhoven Presenteert (2024), as well as cinema programs in Eye Film Institute and film theaters across the country.